I wake up feeling my energy leaching from my very bones; like I’m coming down with something. My mood is no better; I want to cry (and I often do). The post The books I reach for during SAD ...
Endless errands wear me out, yet I also appreciate the conviviality of a busy season. I wrote about that tension in a 2019 newsletter piece and now, in the days The post Split the loaf with a ...
Have I mentioned I went to Paris recently? I kid, I kid: if you hang out around here at all, I hope you’re not completely sick of me talking about The post On Parisian café culture and the ...
A couple of weeks ago, my family went to the beach for vacation … Funny thing, that’s how I started a blog post that ran almost five years ago today. The post A little interaction goes a l...
My family is just back from a week at the beach. After a whirlwind spring, we took off on my youngest child’s last day of school for a little family The post Making It Yours appeared first ...
It’s almost time for one of my favorite Modern Mrs Darcy traditions. Winter has never been my favorite season. It’s cold and grey, it too often brings colds or worse, The post What’s sav...
Happy book birthday to my third book Don’t Overthink It, which came out two years ago today—after several years of contemplation, and right on the cusp of the COVID-19 pandemic. The post B...
It’s almost time for one of my favorite Modern Mrs Darcy traditions. Winter has never been my favorite season. It’s cold, it’s grey, it too often brings colds or worse, The post What’s...
My husband Will and I enjoy a good session of ludicrous dreaming, discussing plans and ideas that seem unlikely to happen but are fun to discuss all the same. Once The post Reflections on a de...
We’re sitting at the midpoint of winter, entering what isn’t an easy month—or easy season—for many of us. To beat back the gloom, today we’re sharing the things—big or small—that a...